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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.
Verb[edit]
manse (third-person singular simple present manses, present participle mansing, simple past and past participle mansed)
- (transitive) To excommunicate; curse.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Medieval Latin mansus (“dwelling”), from Latin manere (“to remain”), from whence also manor, mansion.
Noun[edit]
manse (plural manses)
- A house inhabited by the minister of a parish.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- He has caught a glint of steel in the manse gateway, but it is only the minister's bicycle still chained to the trunk of a monkeypuzzle tree as a precaution against unchristian covetousness.
- (archaic) A family dwelling, an owner-occupied house.
- A large house, a mansion.
Quotations[edit]
- circa 1890: George Otto Trevelyan, Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
- All favourable hereditary influences, both intellectual and moral, are assured by a genealogy which derives from a Scotch Manse.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
house inhabited by the minister of a parish
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -anse
- Stress: mànse
Adjective[edit]
manse f, pl
- Feminine plural of adjective manso.
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
mānse
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